THE PSYCHEDELIC REVIEW. Vol. I, No. 1. June, 1963 [Periodical].
[Cambridge, MA]: The Psychedelic Review, 1963.
Price: $275.00
About the item
First edition of the premiere issue of this periodical. 116pp. Cream printed wrappers. Owner's contemporary ink name on front cover, and neat ink underlining and scoring on a few leaves of text. Spine is evenly tanned, few light brown soil marks to white wrappers, else a very good copy.
Item #332986
The uncommon premiere issue of this controversial periodical.
Contains "The Individual as Man/World" by Alan W. Watts, "Annihilating Illumination" (a poem) by George Andrews, "Can This Drug Enlarge Man's Mind" by Gerald Heard, "The Pharmacology of Psychedelic Drugs I: Chemical and Biochemical Aspects" by Ralph Metzner (which includes a detailed meta-analysis of the scientific literature about L.S.D.), "The Hallucinogenic Fungi of Mexico: An Inquiry Into the Origins of the Religious Idea Among Primitive Peoples" by R. Gordon Wasson, "The Subjective After-Effects of Psychedelic Experiences" by The Editors (based on four recent questionnaire studies"), and contributions by Gottfried Benn and Plato ("A Touchstone of Courage").